Each week, our pal Jamie from the SPCA drops buy with a cute little puppy in need of a home. This show is already working its magic. Lila, the puppy we had on last week, has found a good home. And Puppy Of The Week director Marc Brodzik fell so hard for this little guy, he adopted him after the shoot. Awww.
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: The Week In Weed
A.P. goofs on Philly Mag’s cover story blaring the no-shit news that marijuana is, like, popular.
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: With A.P. Ticker
A.P. cracks wise about hospital infections, the Feds gunning to put Fumo in an iron maiden, and Larry Platt’s testicles. Plus sports: Phils suckage, Vick’s ” ‘All White’ birthday party shooting, and Tiger to take on 18 local holes. Only watch if you like to laugh.
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: Life Lessons
Your life coach AP Ticker on why he loves, loves, loves sum, sum, summertime!
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: With AP Ticker
A.P. discusses Nutter in the Gulf, Christie on weed, ?uestlove’s Kanye moment, Comcast swallowing NBC and the homeless man living in center field at Citizens Bank Park.
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: Puppy Of The Month
New feature on Scrapple TV News: once a month we will bring our pal Jamie from the SPCA on to talk about some swell new doggie with a hard-luck story and in need of a home. We start off with Mila, who came into the shelter as a stray on April 4, 2010. She was a sad sight, covered in tar and mud, and was immediately a staff favorite because of her amazing spirit and willingness to give us love, even though she clearly hadn’t had anyone to care for her for quite some time. This 2-3 year old pit […]
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: The Week In Weed
A.P. chides the Christie administration for failing to meet the July 1st deadline for implementing New Jersey’s new medical marijuana law, and strongly suggests putting The Dude in charge. RELATED: New Jersey To Delay Medical Mary Jane
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: With A.P. Ticker
A.P. reports on dope in Delaware and everywhere, the on-camera meltdown of a NC senator, the death of his buddy Jimmy Dean, World Cup fever, and Pete Rose’s corked bat.
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: Life Lessons
With your life coach, A.P. Ticker.
STINKTASTIC: Welcome To The Tea Farty
Brilliant. A web site that re-Tweets the bile coming from Tea Party-affiliated Twitter streams in the form of a noxious cloud emanating from a the butt of a faceless patriot, complete with flatulent sound effects. Check it out HERE. PREVIOUSLY: Last Night I Sneaked Into The Tea Party
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: With Your Host AP Ticker
This week A.P. dishes on Ed Rendell threatening to lay off 20,000 state employees, wishes the War In Afghanistan a happy 8th birthday, discusses Ryan Howard’s love life, and reveals that he is rooting for North Korea to win the World Cup — all before having an on-camera meltdown, tearing off his clothes and storming off the set.
MEDIA: When It’s Later Than You Think
HUFFINGTON POST: Last week, Israeli commandos boarded a relief ship attempting to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip and, during a clash with pro-Palestinian activists, shot nine people to death. It was an old-fashioned, bona fide “international incident,” a fiasco that raised alarming questions about the current trajectory of Israel’s security, the wisdom of its government, as well as the fate of Obama’s Middle East policies and U.S. security in general. Within a few days, though, the Washington media’s “Israel narrative” abandoned those questions and focused instead on the ugly words and sudden retirement of cranky 89-year-old White House […]
Is It Time To Time To Rename The Fencl Award?
[Illustration by ALEX FINE] DAILY NEWS: IT WAS a joke. It had to be a joke. That was the only thought that entered Officer Richard “Butch” Riddick’s mind last week when he was told by the Daily News that he was the winner of the 25th annual George Fencl Award. MORE DAILY NEWS: George Fencl died in January, 1985. At the time he was chief of security for the Philadelphia School District, having retired from the Police Department with the rank of chief inspector in 1983, after 33 years on the force. Soon after his death, Chuck Stone, then senior […]